Krebs on Security

JULY 4, 2020

One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

In March 2018, the city of Atlanta fell victim to a ransomware attack that shut down its computer network. Ananth, CEO of EventTracker , a Netsurion company, about this at Black Hat USA 2018. As Ananth explained, the city did two things right: they had cyber insurance and they didn’t pay the ransom. Years of data disappeared.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

There is a gaping shortage of analysts talented enough to make sense of the rising tide of data logs inundating their SIEM (security information and event management) systems. In many cases the tedious, first-level correlating of SIEM logs to sift out threats has moved beyond human capability. Smart money.

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CGI

JANUARY 10, 2018

Wed, 01/10/2018 - 15:25. All of this information has a value to city planners, but also would be of interest to law enforcement, hospitals, insurance companies, stores, restaurants and car manufacturers—and even energy suppliers planning where to locate vehicle charging stations. What would you want to see and do there?

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

pic.twitter.com/4NK5GAm1z2 — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) December 24, 2018. Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech.

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